CXXIX. URTICACEiE. 
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[Ficus. 
beneath, oblong to oblanceolate or sub-trapezoid unequal-sided 
caudate dentate-serrate; nerves 4 to 5 _ pairs, elevate beneath; 
5 to 10 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long. Figs ovoid or 
globose sub-sessile on the old wood, scabrid or hairy, pink, *3 to 
*75 in. through; peduncles ‘i to ’5 in. long. Stamens in male 
flower sometimes 2. Hab. Common, Singapore, Bukit Timah; 
Chan Chu Kang; Pulau Ubin. Johor, Pulau Aor. Selangor, Ulu 
Gombak (Burn-Murdoch). Perak, Temengoh. Distrib. Indo-Malaya. 
(43) F. copiosa Steud. Nomencl. ed. 2, i. 635; Miq. Ann. Mus. 
Lugd. Bat. iii. 271, 291; King. l.c. 85, pi. 190. 
Shrub or small tree, nearly or quite glabrous. Leaves mem¬ 
branous, oblong, oblahceolate to ovate or coarsely serrate, pale 
beneath, acute, base blunt, sometimes rounded cordate; nerves 
6 or 7 pairs, rather conspicuously tri-nerved at base; 12 in. long, 
5 to 8 in. wide; petioles 1*5 to 3 in. long, rather thick; stipules 
lanceolate acuminate, *5 in. long. Figs globose, -25 in. through, 
shortly peduncled in clusters on the old branches, minutely warty, 
no basal bracts; scales of mouth rather large and conspicuous. 
Hah. Rare, Perak, no locality given (Wray). Distrib. Java, 
Celebes, Sumatra. 
(44) F. brevicuspis Miq. FI. Jnd. Bat. i. (2), 315; King, l.c. 
84, pi. 106. . 
A shrub; young branches sparsely hispid. Leaves thick, 
membranous obovate-efliptic, short cuspidate, slightly undulate, 
base narrowed, blunt often cordate; nerves 8 pairs strongly elevate; 
quite glabrous, 7 in. long, 3 in. wide; petioles rather thick, *5 in. 
long. Stipules lanceolate acuminate, *5 in. long. Figs solitary 
from leaf-axils globose, hairy when young, -5 in. long; peduncles 
•5 in. long, hairy. Umbo-scales prominent. No basal bracts. 
Hab. Rare, Johor, Gunong Pantai (Ridley). Distrib. Andamans, 
Java. 
(45) F. rostrata Lam. Encycl. ii. 498; Hook. fit. F.B.I. l.c. 
520; King, l.c. 85, pi. no. 
Glabrous epiphyte climbing on tree. Leaves oblong-elliptic or 
obovate, caudate, entire or sinuate toothed, base narrowed; nerves 
about 6 pairs, elevate beneath and conspicuous, as are the reticula¬ 
tions; 3 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 3 in. wide; petioles *15 to -2 in. long. 
Figs globose, pear-shaped, -2 in. long, orange, sessile or peduncles 
very short in axillary pairs. Hab. Common in woods, Singapore, 
Gardens. Johor, Sungei Tebrau; Genuang; Gunong Pulai; 
Tengarah (Feilding). Pahang, Telom. Malacca, Chabau (Griffith); 
Bukit Bruang (Derry); Mt. Ophir. Selangor, Kwala Lumpur 
(Curtis). Perak, Thaiping Hills. Penang (Wallich, Curtis). 
Distrib. Malay isles. Much resembles F. urophylla, Wall. 
(46) F. cuspidata Reinwdt. Bl. Bijdr. 474 > Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
l.c. 520; King, l.c. 88, pi. 112. var. sinuata King, l.c. 
Shrub or tree, erect. Leaves sub-coriaceous elliptic-lanceolate 
